Vocabulary
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| 顶嘴 頂嘴 | to talk back; to answer back | |
| 有恃无恐 有恃無恐 | secure in the knowledge that one has backing | |
| 激 激 | arouse, excite, incite; quickly | |
| 玉人 玉人 | a jade worker; a jade statuette; a beautiful person; (term of endearment) | |
| 官宦人家 官宦人家 | family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) | |
| 折煞 折煞 | variant of | |
| 浅薄 淺薄 | superficial | |
| 森森 森森 | dense (of trees); thick; ghastly; eerie | |
| 渎职 瀆職 | wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty | |
| 不过如此 不過如此 | (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive | |
| 沉不住气 沉不住氣 | to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm | |
| 就事论事 就事論事 | to discuss sth on its own merits; to judge the matter as it stands | |
| 春色 春色 | colors of spring; spring scenery | |
| 末流 末流 | late degenerate stage | |
| 不失为 不失為 | can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive) | |
| 疑窦 疑竇 | (literary) doubts; suspicions; cause for suspicion | |
| 墙根 牆根 | foot of a wall | |
| 便难 便難 | retort with challenging questions; debate | |
| 烧到 燒到 | to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature) | |
| 存疑 存疑 | to leave a question open; to hold doubts; to be skeptical | |
| 不离不弃 不離不棄 | to stand by (sb) (idiom); steadfast loyalty | |
| 无人不 無人不 | no man is not... | |
| 无人不知 無人不知 | known to everybody | |
| 叩拜 叩拜 | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
| 夭折 夭折 | to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely | |
| 败落 敗落 | (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down; (of plants) to wilt | |
| 无论何时 無論何時 | whenever | |
| 管教无方 管教無方 | unable to discipline a child; incapable of dealing with (unruly child) | |
| 药膏 藥膏 | ointment | |
| 导 導 | direct, guide, lead, conduct | |
| 不甚 不甚 | (literary) not very | |
| 追根 追根 | to trace sth back to its source; to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 无所不知 無所不知 | omniscient | |
| 卷风 捲風 | tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone | |
| 名列 名列 | to rank (number 1, or third last etc); to be among (those who are in a particular group) | |
| 上首 上首 | seat of honor; first place | |
| 走江湖 走江湖 | to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) | |
| 会否 會否 | can or cannot; is it possible? | |
| 沉得住气 沉得住氣 | to stay calm; to keep one's composure | |
| 两把刷子 兩把刷子 | ability; skill | |
| 打抱不平 打抱不平 | (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice | |
| 大败 大敗 | to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb | |
| 众口一词 眾口一詞 | all of one voice; unanimous | |
| 禁卫 禁衛 | defense of the imperial palace or of the capital; the palace guard (or a member of that unit) | |
| 深不见底 深不見底 | so deep one cannot see to the bottom; limitless | |
| 乱象 亂象 | chaos; madness | |
| 体弱多病 體弱多病 | prone to illness; sickly; in fragile health | |
| 更有甚者 更有甚者 | furthermore (idiom) | |
| 老辣 老辣 | shrewd and ruthless; efficient and unscrupulous | |
| 官能 官能 | organic function; physical faculty; sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc) |